does anyone not dream feed?

[tinytoes]

i worry it unsettles my LOs sleep when I wake him at my bedtime to feed him. He's so sound asleep at 10.30 it seems a shame to disturb him. I'm not sure the last feed stops him feeding any earlier in the night tbh...but I like the idea that it might get me a few more hours.

Ted is nealry 8 months and between 11 and 6am still bfeeds about every 3 hours. sometimes every 2.....is it just habit?!

 

[lcside]

I have never done the 'dream feeding'. I fed Erin when she wanted it. She started sleeping through the night at 10 weeks and as never woken since in the night. xx

 

[Vickie]

Hannah goes from 6:30 at night until 7:45 or later without eating. We cut out her night feeds as soon as she was weaned. It was tough for a few weeks but she's great now

 

[brownhairedmom]

I don't feed her after she goes to sleep unless she wakes

 

[luvbunsazzle]

Rosie has her last bottle between 7:30 and 8pm, sleep till 4:20am, has a bottle and goes back down till 8am.
Have never dream fed her, not really sure it will change her sleeping habbits

 

[SuzyQ]

I only fed her when she woke up for it-did try dream feeding once but she wasn't having any of it. If he's hungry he'll wake up, does sound a lot to still be feeding in the night, but some babies do, tho could maybe be partly a comfort thing?

 

[lady3]

I asked my dr when Marlie was 6 months old how much a baby her weight would need to feed at night. He said at her weight (she was then 13 lbs) she should be able to go from 10-7 at night. We give her a dream feed still around 10 and she doesn't eat again until 7, so it was true! We've decided to keep giving her a dream feed until she's a bit bigger (she's 8 months, but only 15 lbs). I think when she gets to about 16-17 lbs we'll drop it as she should be eating enough in the day by then to keep her full from 7-7.

 

[princessellie]

leyla doesnt have a dream feed, i just cannot get her latched on when shes even a bit sleepy, i have to wake her up and feed her...it works better i think cos she feeds properly then so its not just a top up, its a proper 45min feed

x

 

[keelykat]

i don't. he has his last feed between 8-9pm ish then wakes up for breakfast between 6-7am.

keely.

 

[jax]

We wake Max at 10.30 too for his feed , once he's fed he's down til 7am most mornings. I dont think I could leave him for him to wake at 4/5 in the morning. I'm planning to wait until he's weaned before i drop the feed.

 

[tinytoes]

bloody hell...so many babies sleeping through!! I'm seriously missing out on some sleep here!!!!!

 

[Vickie]

well Hannah doesn't sleep through but she usually self settles, Stan gets up maybe once to put the soother back in

 

[bluebell]

I still dream feed Jay at 10 but he dropped his 5am feed about 2 weeks ago I'm planning on dropping the dream feed when he gets a bit heavier (he's only 14pounds 4oz at the mo) and he's weaned.

He does wake during the night a few times but he'll sometimes self settle or I'll just pop his dummy in and he goes back to sleep.

xx

 

[Stef]

Ive never 'dream fed' and Olivia has slept through from 2 weeks old.

She usually in bed for 7 and 9 times out of 10 is asleep at 7:30 and wakes up any time between 07:00 - 08:30 am

x

 

[emma_27]

I dont dream feed ellie shes always been quite a good sleeper so never needed to. My son wasnt so good at sleeping and i tried dream feeding him but it never made him sleep for longer but every baby is different it worked for a friend with her son.

 

[Sovereign]

Charlie is just fed when he wakes up.x

 

[Blob]

I just feed Tabs when she wakes up, although i have to be strong and try make her soothe herself.

 

[Sarah88]

I don't, did once and it didn't do anything. Some babies it just doesn't do anything for.

 

[Donna79x]

I've never done the dream feeding with Rihanna, she as slept through since 9 weeks and gone 12 hrs so she must be happy with what she gets before bedtime. x

 

[ryder]

I sometimes dreamfed her... it depends on how the evenng went, if she doesnt drink mouch before 8pm (bedtime) then I will dreamfeed her... she doesnt even wake up lol.

Other then that she self settles herself throughout the night... I rarely have to get up, I think I did once in the last month.